too yes induction or CS was mentioned with DS but i was meant to see the consultant a couple of days before i reached 40 weeks, but the meeting never happened as he came early so i've no idea what decision they would have made. Scar rupture is another thing i am worried about, but i didn't think you were allowed to be induced if you've previously had a CS? or have i been misinformed?
too/scarlet i have a consultant appointment later this month, will be just over 16 weeks, which i guess is why its on my mind so much. My midwife is not interested in talking about the options, just told me to see the birth afterthoughts people and that i'd be seeing a consultant as i'm high risk (because of EMCS, because i have BMI 32.5 and because i had a major PPH with DS) and to tell her what is decided, and that home birth wouldn't be supported and if i decided on a VBAC i would be continually monitored. Frankly she is a bitch, saw her several times when expecting DS and she had me in tears on more than one occasion.
scream re injections, the name fragmin doesn't sound familiar to me. I had to have a daily injection after CS with DS, but it was only for 5 days, to prevent DVT's. And i know it was definitely 5 days, as due to complications that is how long we were kept in hospital so the staff there did the injections, and all i had to take home was painkillers and iron tablets. I do remember that the first day didn't hurt (must have still been dosed up from GA and all the other stuff) but my god they hurt on the other days - they were less painful in my shoulder but some of the staff insisted that they had to be done into my thigh which killed. And they weren't optional either.
biscuit yes, the G&A ran out twice, it didn't help my mood/stress levels when midwife said to midwife 2 who had just returned with the one tank "you've only got 1 tank??" as i straight away started to worry about whether it would last, given midwife 1's tone of voice... needless to say i was very happy to get into the ambulance as they had a very big, very full tank of G&A!! Another comical moment that just came to me, midwife 1 told midwife 2 to call for the ambulance, and midwife 2 asked her what number should she call....queue midwife 1 through gritted teeth saying 9-9-9....followed by midwife 2 saying "oh, i thought maybe you had a special number to call"....
thanks for the wishes re DS, bless him he is very unwell, went to nursery thursday afternoon, threw up in cot overnight and hasn't stopped being sick since. He has reflux which really isn't helping matters. Friday was the worst, 30 times in all (DP asked me to update him so i sent him a text every time he threw up so was easy to keep a tally :) ) He isn't being as sick now as he is managing to keep water down, and we've started giving him watered down cows milk on hv advice, but he hasn't kept anything solid down as yet, although he did just have a few bites of dried toast before his bottle, and is now asleep so perhaps he might keep that down. He is meant to be on medication for his reflux but he hasn't had either since Thursday as each time i've tried, he has brought it back up again. Open to any suggestions as to anything else worth trying - hv said biscuits, but he threw that up, and won't eat meat at the moment which was the other suggestion. DP's parents are currently driving down from Manchester to help out, as this is the 5th day, and i'm really not coping with the smells, and DP is out of the house from 7.15am to 7.50pm and whilst he has been great at sorting washing etc when he gets in, it's wearing him out too. A side effect seems to be that he is now doing one massive poo each morning, way more than his nappy can cope with, and a much wetter consistency than normal (not runny but not firm, sorry if TMI) so it's oozing everywhere, and i have a terrible gag reflex, and whilst i don't suffer really with morning sickness, one whiff of poo like this or sick and i really struggle not to throw up myself. Having been ill for the last 2 months with a nasty cold, then a cough, then a cough that returned with a vengance which meant i was lying awake coughing most of the night, i haven't slept properly since i fell pregnant, and now all of this and i'm an exhausted wreck, and have so little energy, so really hoping that the second trimester leads to a boost of energy!
Re RLT, i took the capsules, but only whilst pregnant, i didn't know there was a benefit to taking them after the birth?
scarlet it sounds like the work will be worth it, but it sounds like you are having a hell of an upheaval twice a day moving everything, fingers crossed they will soon be finished and you can take things easier! And DS can have naps again in his room!
Hope other DC's get well soon and musical hope your DH improves soon too!